Brake-band clip.



l. GEISS.

. BRAKE BAND CUP.

APPLICATION FILED Aue.20. 1913. RENEWED NOV. 28. 1914.

' Patented July 6, 1915.

IT D- STATESPATENT FIQ JOHN eEIss, or. CLEVELAND, OHIO.-

BRAKE-BAND onir;

Specification of Letters l ateiit.

Patented July 6, 19 15.

Application filed August 20, 1913, Serial No. 785,806. Renewed November28,1914. Serial'No. 874,560. f"

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN Gnrss, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahogaand'State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful ImprovementsinBrake-Band Clips, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing bad to the accompanying drawm s. I

This invention comprehends certain new and useful improvements in brakemechanism and relates more specifically to improved and novel means fordetachably securing a brake band in hub of a wheel. i

An object of the invention is to provide a brake band clip which may bereadily secured to a brake band and to a dust plate or position aroundthe the like at the end or" a hub, whereby said brake band will beproperly held in position around the hub to be clamped upon the same toserve as a brake and stop rotation of the wheel.

A further object is to provide a device of. thischaracter which may beemployed for securing the brake band in position around the hubs ofvarious formsof wheels and which will be highly efficient and. effectiveas well as extremely simple and cheap to manufacture. I

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists incertain novel constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts tobe hereinafter more fully described, claimed, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 IS an elevat1onal new of my device 1n use, showing the axleandaxle casing in section; Fig. 2 is an elevational view at right angles toFig. 1 with parts broken away and shown in section; and Fig. 3 is anenlarged detail perspective view of the brake band clip removed, v

Referring more specifically to the drawings in which similar referencecharacters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1designates the hub of a wheel 2 mounted upon an end of the axle 3 withinthe'a xle casino: 4:, an ordinary dust plate 5 being carried upon theend of the 'axle 4 and at the end of the hub 1 to pre-' vent dust fromentering said hub and a transversely split brake band 6 being positionedaround the end of the hub.

The transversely split brake band 6,

which is formed of resilientmetal or other suitable smal and has its endbent back to form loops .Twithi'n which links 8 of 9 an ordinary brakeband operating mechanism i are engageajasclearly'shown in"Fig. I,"'is"secured in position around the inner end of the hub 1 by my improvedbrake band clip or other suitablemeans may be engaged for I securingsaid arm to the outer face of the brake band and preferably intermediatethe ends of said band. The-other arm of the brake band clip is alsoprovided with suitable openings 11 through which rivets or othersecuring members mav be engaged for seourlng said arm to one face of thedust plate 5.

It will be seen that my brake band. clip a is of extremely simpleconstruction and may be formed of strap iron or other suitable materialand will be extremely cheap to manufacture. It will also be evident thattion bymyfimproved brake band clip, the hub 1 -,may be readily rotatedwithin the brake band 6 until the brake band mechanism is thrown'intooperation to draw the ends of the brake band toward one another therrotation of said hub 1.

From the foregoing it will be apparent when. the brake band 6 is securedin posip and cause; said brake band 6 to bind around the end of the hub,thereby preventing furso 7 that I have provided a brake band clip whichmay be readily employed for securing various forms of brake bands in.position around hubs of various forms of wheels.

and while I have shown the preferred embodiment of my device, it will beunder- ;stood that minor changes in the details of construction andarrangement of parts may. be made within the scope of the appended.claims without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificingany of the advantages of the same.

What I claim is:- i

'1. A device of the class described. com? prising the combination with adust plate and brake band, ofa brake band ,clip having a resilientcentral looped portion ith arms projecting therefrom at substantiallyright angles to one another, one of saidfarms being offset from theinner end of the other arm and adapted to be secured to the dustprovided with a plurality of spaced openings to receive securing meansto secure the opposite arms to a brake band and a dust plate.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

JOHN GEISS.

\Vitnesses HENRY J. Stronnn,

GEORGE H. BUBEL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

